MARITIME COMMUNITY

What Is A “Tanker”…

In marine transportation there are two main categories of ships. Those two main categories are “Dry Cargo Ships” and “Liquid Cargo Ships”.

Under category of “Dry Cargo” we have two main categories and they are Dry Bulk Cargo and General Cargo. Under Liquid Cargo Ships we have again two main categories and they are Crude Oil Tank Ships and Parcel Tank Ships.
Crude oil tank ships are generally very large ships and they carry mostly raw crude oil, meaning a un-refined oil directly from the oil well. A parcel tank ship carries smaller amounts of refined products and other liquid cargoes. There are tank ships that also carry liquefied natural gas.

So what is a “Tanker”? I guess that you now can answer that question and if not, the answer will be in Karen’s next article, for sure.